The Sun. — London, England, 1808-08-15 00:00:00

E S•U N. SPLEM {/Ule UICLRi FALsum AUDEAT? L O.N . 1) o,ly, MONDAY, AUGUST 1 , 5, 180 a. T!lis inornlng Dis . patches were received from Sir C. CaTrurt : they were brought by the Encounter Gun-brig, which left Sir C. Corros's fleet: on the . 3d of AuguSt. these Dispatches .'state iu subs:ance, that. Sir ARTHUR WELoisLtv had lauded at Figue- ras, on the Ist of August, a . b , d had immediately Commenced his march for Lisbon, General SPEN- CER joined Sir. CHARLES COTTON on the Ist of All - gust, and proceeded, without loss of time, to form a junaion with Sir A. WELLESLEi.". Divatches have also been received from Lurd Cot.- LINGWOOD, which coutaiii an official account of the S'arrender of General DUPONT. It appears that the French had 3000 awn _Battle of Baylen, which took place the day previous to the Surrender. General C.ViTANOS wasadvAileing with hilriny to- wzrds 111adrid. The following is account of the capture of La Pieelalontaise FteDeh Fli6ate, 3:, his 113jesty's Ship St: Fiorenzo. _ " 011 Friday the 4! h :*larch, 1-868, -his ivf:josty's Ship St. Fisirenzo, Capt. Ha' liDtsin; sailed from Paint de Galle,Ceylon. On the at seven A.M. _ she passed three Indiam en , th e MctL;alf, D.:vonshire, and Charlton, and soon after Sew a Frig to bearing CON h- east; - " The S. Firenz.o ithrnediately - hauled her Wind in shore, and made beiilg at that , tinie in Lat.! 7. 32. N. and 77: 63. E. ;She rilade the private signal, which was not aniwered, and at fiVe skewed her c.ulJurs, which the stranc,-,T took no , notice of-; at 11. 40. P. My ranged aion, , side of him ,on, the larboard tick and received hi, broadside. " After engaging. ten minutes within a cable's length; the enemy inade. sail .a-bend out of the range of the St. Vinrenzo's shot. She cea,ed unite all sail after hitn, continuing to coine up with bin) tall day-light, when, finding he could not avoid au acniuu, he wore, as• did the -Sr, Fiorett- zo, and at t•wenty-tive minutes gist six. recom menced the engagement at the distance 01 half a mile, , gradually closing with. him t t pa ,quarter 'of a mile.. The fire .was con4tant and well-directed ou both sides, though that Of the }:tetny slackened to wards the latter part of the adiuu. At 6. 13. A.M.' the Etletlly made all sail.. - " The St. Fiorenzo's main topsail : yard being shot• throu_ll,, - the wain-roril-mast, bush wain 7 cup-ina'st stays, tile main spring' stay, and tuo-4 of botivstand ing- and running rigging and sails cuz to piec e s,. and C:Jraidges fired a , ,ay, she ceased firing, and em ployed all hands in repairing tho damages, and lining' be.. again for adion. " They kept sight of the Enemy during the night, and at 9 A. M. on the Bth, being perfectly prepared fur ac'.tiou, she bore down cm him, under : he did not endeavour to avoid t Fiorenzo until she hauled athwart his stern, to gain the wea ther-gage, and bring him to clone fi ht, when the E tetny hauled up also and made all :sail; but Kr:- eAving the St. Viorenzocoming up fist with him, and that a . hattle was unavoidable, he,i at: k.ed, and at 3 P. M. they pasaed cacti other on oppodte tacks, and commenceda:.:tion within a quarter of cable's length ; when the enemy was abaft iht St. Fiore f razo's_ifedin, be wore, and atter an hour and s ;kventy minutes naton, struck is coiour4. " She proved . to . ,be La Piedinontaiie 'French Fri gate, ,commanded by Monsieur EraoN; Captaine tie VAssea4 ; she tnounted .O guns, lons 18 pounders on her main-deck, and '36 pound carronadt: on her quarter-dLck. • be tad,, 336 Frenchmen on tioJrci; d near 200 Lascari. She sailed f, the.Maurit:ui on the 30th Dectzther. In the „action she had 48 pen kiikd, :slid 1 '1! vaoulaii. e n:d i• the St. Florenzo--baLl. 13, killed and 25 wounded—anione; the 16;111(7 her pr'eutpr stbinission„auti a printipt - obedietice to my ; if think ot tire punislici•ient y l / 4 )4. • Every 'city, town, or villitg,e, which _Shan tike up araii agaiiist my forces, and vitrhosu inh-abitunts shall tiro u-,oti theFier.;.:ll troups, slihll be delivered up to pill: a atid tuta;ly destroyed, and the iiihjibitantS be put to the swurd. . Every individual taker. in - arms instantly shot., Done at the Head-qiiarters, in ale Palace of Li,bon, June 26, 1808. • - (Signed) The Duke of ABRANTES. _ . . • MA I LS. - • . Altxtv.tb. , -2 Dublin. 2.wateFfoni. c-3 •Gnittriburgli, I Duolin, i Waterford PRICE Or.STOCKS THIS OA V. AT T'&ELVIF. O'CLOCK. {)eib f Rea. Anti. -6i ()111111UM par Cons° - dcr, wh., tyrifortunat‘....l7 fell by - a grai;e sh4t, the se c:G.:id nrs.l4 , liitie. in Cie last I " Lieut. rilt‘ssalr was badly wounded just , before the Enemy struck. Moue/4tr, tiiS. ct)tit Captain of La Piednuo se‘etely wonuded in die third adion, 'and either .threw himself,.or cau-ed himself to be thrown overbJard. , !‘ La rieditiOntaise had he: rieyLing cut to piges, and 'her masts and boWsOrit so wounded, that they went by the board during the night. " Lieut. DAWSON stv,Oeeded Capt. HARD/NQZ, ',,,ought the St. Fiorenzo and La Piectaiontaise (her in•ize) into Culutubo on the 12th Maroh." Ile 'Lancashire Thick, C4ht. SKERIAAT7, is ar rived at Liverpool, frein'llirbad'oes, which .place she left on the •1 tth July,.and brins the foilowipg s6rmation ""BARBADOES; ICILY 10. , " His Majesty's Schooner Plying Fish arrived . hereon ilia Bth inst. from otr Cadiz ; and, in conse - -. (pence Of the-communications received, by her, the whole of the .SpaiiiSh ptisoners here We.te sent off in' H. M. 'Ship Hussar, supposed . . for La l Goira. • .His. '4,,ijesty's Ships 13,:leisle,Capt Co - cuR E i and Ramillies, of. the Line, Monde and Acasta Fri gates, with : fiveor-six 3rnaller 'vessels, iceman] here. A' report pre' ailed here,, that a French Ship .of the Line, and.one armed era flute,, had arrived at Mar tinique, vessels • of, that_ description having chaced his 1113161:YS brig-Julia to windward. His Ma jesty's ships Captain and 1-;loud were sent to re 7 connoitre the harbour at,Martinique, but saw 'no thing of them. " His Majesty's ship Netley upset in a squall of} this place, and the whole of the crew perished, ex- cept a*tuidshiPnian of,the. name of ROE, and eight seamen, who ‘wre.pickvd up by the Julia. The Ships bound to Great Britain, &c. are to sail troni hence - thelath inst. to ,join Alla convoy at Toriola.—The French Privateer La I'i-one:Use, of q guns and 70 men, was captured to wind ward, by His •Majesty's. Brig Bellette, and brought ,in here. Tile First of June Packet, from +sit:mouth, arrived here on the as lust. Th..; Prince of Asturicts„—,—, front '.;'tirk for this place, is captured by Re no/an:6e Freaich : Pti.vateer, and carried to Martinique; tbs Captain is slightly wounded:" • BY private advices from 'Holland, 'down to the loth inst . . it appears ,dint the Dutch view with great apprehenSion the expeeted rupture between theTtu strian Emperor and BuoKAPAitTE, as they suppose' that the latter will enforce a' Conscription for his armies • that Country. AU these advices concur in staking, that th , _: - ntinust aaivity prevails j'n the Austrian dominions, and that the army is, as we befige stated on tilehest on 'an extellent f oo ti ng... Th e Archduke•Loufs, who is InspeCtor 'of the - frontiers, has recently visited the who 4 of those frOntiers, aceompanied by Engineers and ether Of ficers of'known experience. It is 4trongly reported that the tnoements of the Court of Vienna are en ,titely itr conjunction - with t.hose of the RuSsian Ca;. billet. As a prOof that the COrsican Despot views these mo%emeuts with an eve of jealousy, it is • . • said,, that ., the old e)::peditlnts of interceptiun and murder have been put .in force by the French Go vernlll63t.', and that a Russian Courier Who was sent from Prince WoRoNsKY, at Paris,. to st„ Veti.trs burgh, with dispatches, was way-laid in the depart . ;neat of •La Meurte, and assassinated. The dis patches were, oT ru irse,,,secured by the French ruf flans. "A similar atteno was made to intercept an, Ausnian Messenger, frOtuVietum to Baron I.rf NcErr, but . this Messenger fortunately escaped, 'though not without being severely wounded. We beg to call the attention 61 our Readers to the Proclamatibn which General Juror published at Us bon on the 216th June. It is.easy to perceive from the style plate. PrOclamation, that even at that . time Le was alarined at his situation. lie threatens and 'cajoles the inhabitant:: by turns. 'National independence, ind?vidual freedom, and private pro= perty, ate , tone , secured to the PortugtteSe - , by those who invaded their Country in profound peace, drove their legitimate SOvereign. out of hi% dominions, and have plundered and butchered the inhabitants with out mercy.' .'We trust, however, that .le r NOT's op pression and cruelties in Portugal are nearly at an end, it they have not-already Ceased. We are in dined to think 'that he will not attempt a serious resistance; _but it he Shonitl, the force sent against him is such as thust render all resistance' unavailing. The following are Extr.aas from Dutch Papers to the ,Gth, and Aluniieurs to the ".•,'d instant, whichar- rived this day 30 .—Grat preparationeare making tot celebrate the birth-day. of his Majesty th Em peror and' who is expeeted back at It.am-. bouillet on the i 4th of August.—(Rotterclwizsche Courant,4.7. 4.) HA aLi LY 2g. 7 —We are asshred tha. advice has been receivetl at Coperthage; . !, that tb. Russian General BbxittiwzßN. a; ter having sea- roil:lava the . Swedei lan4er Gener2lKt.rszkix9n, bad taken 12,000 of inisbners.—lt is 1ike‘4,1‘,4..e -I,jried-that the itliiance betweca SwedetA ;si! Eng- Ltud is broken Qtr. there - are thousands in Portugal anxious to -emulate the deedS of their forefathers in loyalty and .glory. r-tacut it to eao4icyal Portuguese, that all the of whi . ch;his Britannic Majesty's Fleet is capable, sh-dll' be given in behalf of a cause so just, glorious, • and hotiOu.:1!:)1e, as the restoration of its Ilufut Prince, in whose name the Standard ought to have , Jbeen raised ii: the S6Ltth, - as has been , done, in -the • ' North, for all the royal to repair to. " Given on board' his Britannic Majesty's Ship Hibernia' anchred at the Muth of the Tagus, July 1, 1808. (Signed) " CHARLES COTTON." Yegiment of - spatiiarelS is fiol.v encamped at Itotschtld, and .2000 Wiles will form a caMp Bruningen the_Distri'd of Hollaeck..--(Sum p&r:,) FRANKFORT, JULY Q6.—Letters from .C9nstan tinolile, of the 24. th of June, mention, that an Eng lish Veisisl had arrived there with a Flag of Truce, but .had been sent away again, the Porte being un'-' •willing to'aet -in any manner. contrary to its:connee= iion with the French. COJIVIERA, JULY 2/3.—Gneral=Loisus . passed the Cervallos on the with part of his troops, and thiee' pieces of artillery; hunt fled from the i ne . :glibourbood of • Leira, for . fear of being cut of by the SpaniaedS, who have . entered Abrantcs. At Viila =Franco tile,French faun d 50 feluccas which they carrying to. Lisbon. , - For some days past, a great nualher of Troops have.arrived'at StraSborgh; they were reviewed on Lyi theABth J ulyby Marshal KELLERMAN.•---(ROtterda77l •Cyzirant, Aug. 2.) COVEN HAGEN, JULY o.—The intelligence of a rupture between Sweden and England is now hilly contirmel The King of Sv.eden has set- out fur Finlana. ':ESPLNHAL, JULY 13.—From passengers coming from Abrantes, we hear that General Loisox passed that city on his way to Lisbon, in a mist:table con dition. A great number of Transports have been seen from.Skagen •they are probably the Fleet which was before Gottenburgh.. Our Privateers have taken an American Ship; near Elsineur, the greater part of its cargO had been sold, but jt considerable sum of money was found on board.' FIGUERA, JUNE 27.—An article under this head gives an account of the successful attack made upon theFrencb'in that place. Accounts were yesterday received at the India House, communicating 'the welcome tidings that the honieWard-bound India .Illeet, consisting of thirteen sail, had safely arrived at Portsmouth. A French Frigate, La Piedmoetese, 0f,44 guns, which had - connimitted great depredations in the Tndiare Seas, had been captured by 'an English Frigate, the St. Fiorenzo, of 3(i. grins, Captain ElAttnivi:GE. Tha. Captain of the English Frigate, it is said, .fell in die' contest,. The following are ,the 'East Iticliainee that *liai , ie, arrived; and which are probably now in the Downs : Lail Howe . City of London • . Lord Castlereagh, Lord Ha aicesbury „ . Devonshire . Aitly Castle Charlton ~. Surrey . '''' M,:tcalf NV ii,d nam Marquis of Wellesley Castle Eden. . • Lord Du :can . •• Sixty sail of the homeward bound West India fleet have peed Portsmouth. . ~ , . . . We have received some Portuguese -Papers .o f a Yesterdarmorning Has M AJESTY „. PrincessesSo' very recent date, from which we have only had time RI-11A; AL:GUSTA,. AMELIA, 'and MARY, aLtoillp . to make the folluwing Extrads . : , •• i pied by Lady ISABELLA THYNNE, Gettera;e'Ceter 7 - evaeuar, EtTeaoe, and Colonel —1!) I ESBRow-,- rode 1 4 COINIRRA, 'JUL'Y 1 : St. George's Chapel; and heard dig ine service. 7 PROCiAMATION OF ADMIRAL COTTON-. ' ' .On Saturday, a Cabinet Council was held at the The uuderligued Admiral, commanding - the ,Foreiga cithce. It asserntmled.at half-after nne, slot Fleet of his BRITANNIC MAJESTY 011 the Coe.st of dielmot. break up until, it, was imearly five o'-clockee:. Tie fbllowing Metub,fN assisted : th e- D uke . o f loses not a moment to make known, that : , 1 - ORTLAND, the LORD CHANCELLOR, the Bo l he has received an Exprest from..t.he loyal inhabitants . o f \S'EsTmORLAND, Lords CASTLEitEA'oit ari d, of Sines, -and to assur e them, as well as every true rleweceesetty, Mr. , SPENCER PEP.CEvAr., Lora • lque.Otteve, .the Llfl i Ot CHATHAM, and ..Earl 13 . 4 " , amid loyal Portugeese, engaged i n a j us t, h o p our . 'I4IIIIIST. - - able, and glorious cause, such as the re-establishMent . ~ The Transport Board has been direeted .by the of its rightful Prince, that all . the support lying in Treasury to engage a considerable number .6f,i/esseil the FOwt.n of his• Britannic Alajesty's Fleet shall be for she Cotiveyence of eavah-y; and so ueg::_iit lS di e } giVerl. C/CC3Sioti - Tat Them, that an atlvantell.alioANC:: a •• . ' - • 4 or bi. per ton per month is oefered; ~ •‘_e' Celle Setreit; cominanding his Britannic Mae. A letter trotn the Secretary- of leVar to the Cont' jesty's Ship Carpus, is charged to deliver this Ex. !wedelns of Volunteer Corps states, that as it ti)3/ press, and instructed to prucced to Sivesein order 'to be inconvenient to many corps !desirous of transfer' ring their services to the Local Militi a , to assemble lend a prompt and inntiediate assiS!ance. : . ler exercise during the ensuing autumn it is not hi° "-. The I 3; dish Achniial ' undersigned ' can assure Majesty's _lineation to call upon\ such •corps Ili v° - lunteer 'lino the Local Militia to assemble for excl . ' the inhabi;atets of Silos, of the whole va k io i r n o g u d s o , m ai o ld f case` until next spring.. A circumstance is _mention e d i n t h e A,llF,terdard Port op!, that the Inwt ener;retic, decisive et erts hav e. b een displayed with .the corn- , Levers, which,, although consistent \yell French ' pletest success to frustrate the peefidous designs of . Politics, shews the charm and so :i c i tu d e which the iwlependence an d evete the . I3VONAPARTE feels' a.; to the nature of th e i n tercourse the French against sebsisting between Russia - and AuStri,i, zied as to th e existence of this melon.. he •1 tenet) ships in Lathe se:ittinent.s of those Courts on the subjed Of lets have been battered and compelled to surre n d er outrages in Spaie. It is stated that a Rn ss i a n C°' 3.. tier with dispatches fr o m P r i nce Woteesk . e. -0 ` to the b. - ave Spaniards ; the pe o pl e er e i n every part Paris, to Imi4 Ceurt, • has'been murdered in the De; risen in arms, and theresult cannot fail of proving partment of La Meurte, and his Papers c ar r ied oil' , It t s likowisestatel, that a Messenger fr om Vic o - 11 ' / . glorious. Similar Ln e r gy must b e atten d e d w i t h . the . to "its Minister Baron VINCENT al Paris, was some same success in Portugal, and thus Wilkie; iolieb_.l- time etore attacked is the same neighbourhoq.' b • - ' • ' neighbourhood , tants of both - kingdoms hold i an equal rigle -ta eller' - ' - 'but escaped, although severely wounded. ' I esteem, applause, and admiettioe of !Europe.. ~1 . In the latest Dutch Journals, dowr, -to the (ji b . ' "The Undersigned has received deputations froth :inst. are the following articles e-- ! . • e 0 ' I • t - ANISILiADAM, Ant;. 9.--e Letters from Dors , the Provinces. of the North of Portug .1; alreaey in . .., et mention, 111.11 the utmost iti - di‘ : ity is:used throng , , overt:me of that aiid the IteighbOUtillir a Countries for the organ'i arms, swear4ng to re-est.ibiish the Cm their legitimate Prince., aiideo resist theiroppress ors • ' zation of' the new le t ies. A camp-is to be tern'e • e At Oiiorto, Viand in Entre, Minim e Dort), and art i ii. the viehem e of Dorst e n, a n d , uesidelable suppli 4 p O. e : 9t • provhions and military s t or e s a r e or d ere d to be of Beira, 100,000 PortugueSe men have risen it) prov id ;d, - arms j and if their gallant countrymen in th e SU u el i ! ' T Russianhe Ambassador at Vi e n na , P r ince left' i i Co unt VO 4 i RAKI N, the Swedish Cliaree d'Ari.t.res, t unite themselves' tn them, they cannot fail overthrow -I)ueas, end an English Ent oy, le . ,d an in ter% iew ° -itig the small baud of Frenchmen now occupying . Count Ste:eloe's, ( .- .11 the e3d ukitho. e the Capital ; but to vanqui s h, unanimity i s requ i s it e ; ' , The POliA) Leek* ihv tinder th.! orders of Prince i ' let them not be intimidated by menac es , or b e cot - ill, NIATowSKY, which had r e c e i ve d a route to' Sin' ..., has been countermanded. `the -levies of . troops i' rupted by promises; let them braVely and resolutely Poland is Carried on with time utmost itativity. determine to rescue themselves from oppression, and ii A large bo.ly of Fiench troops is asseiribl,:i4 in the to restore the Government of their lawful Princ e . neglibourboosi of %V et tz b urg h, d est i ne d , , it i s Said , / " General . I t. - NoT has even in his last Edid, of furlt A.L al e ) ;t . er ?rum Augsbureh states, that the eas'; ee the 26th of June, fabricated the most sanguinary of Couriers through that city, between Paris, 'i v . . , threats against 'the inhabitants of Portugal ; they . .1 l". enna, and Const.antitiopie, takes:place almost -ai ), 1 . 1 • Time Aiehduke Louis was lately employed "' L are threatened with the destru&ion of the most E 0 6c .. verdl Etigineer Oflit.Fers in. itispet' ; .tir,„; 111,. Austrl' i ,e loyal and populous cities ! , and . their inhabitants ereee e , s . Fie is app otut A h i ,,,,, e tb r ..6,.,,, r1 1;0/ I i - 1 doomed to the 'point of the sword, by i . e fi:ii l df li j ; frontiers, and investe4'whh iiiy.v c er I, tha;,e,.uch d' ' " , - fences as may appear tici:essary to iiitn. of men, ,amounting, at most, to ten thousatee, Baron a , t a bottr • ".L'HUGLIT, who iesetes hi the neige- ~e bearing no comparison to the population of Por- hood of Wiaen, has 'had several intervieesevul l the tueal. ' Woe to ,the criminal - oppressors,' if the Deputies of Austrian G"alticia, and-git on them t'', 6 a sumptuous entertainments. Ttme Deeeei:-Is 1 . 1 t 3 ;',0 loyal ' Portugitese' encounter them tearless: the cordially acceded to the military a.ratigenie:its 01 j Fighteousuess of -its cause must triumph. Noble - Cabitiet of Vienna, iiiiid ha-.e, in return, teueic e etilimsiasin pervading the ranks can: never be daunt. . seine cointilercittl pr!•(. , tloge.s. ' , c 4, it all eceess to - seduCtion be . precluded. Atteigoi z The Danish GtAern t eout has issued an order O t ti t t s 1 . no - molestati9u shall in f u tU re h e offered 14 roils resktatu:e conjoined to the energetic etrorti-iiow etuizers to the swedish lishertn...A. • 11, = i :c Q...;.ertnig by your ealurous neighbours and 'friends, Prussia has writ COunt 1-tAiii.a.tszik.rm; to -Wl' '1 e to , , Hie SiJani.irds, resollite4 engaged in the same glo-• to engage the intercession of that" Ca;..uiet 0 li' t i j o i'lvli C. 1116:: must have! the happiest issue ; li ! rencleGovernetent • , to induce a it...riga:lo,i L' i as y et ; uppressi%e burtneui itupoAed on the Plusateo •I'''''' . . Orders have, been given tb raise a corps of . .800 filen in Zealand; who will be.einployed iu ereeling the redoubts and batteries. According to the eeport of somDanes whom the English have exchanged, LOrd CATII CART, judging an Expedition into Zealand impra6tiCable, .on count of the great number of. Kroops who defend the Country, has .dissuaded the Minicry .from such► an attempt.- I —(ilioniteur, AuB. 1.) • • PARIS, JULY 28.—Her Majesty the Qneen of ndw Queeu of Spain, arrived at Lyons on the 20th inst. at 'ten at night. ~~~, r